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rrr w - *" . -v y?y~y case under consideration, even those who had pr?icticed Ijie experiments or witnes. sed them, spoke upon the subject with caution, conscious from the exiraoidtnarv developments, that ninety.nine persons out ot every hundred, would either suppose the operators, deceived themselves, or worse, were anxious to deceive others. Under these circumstances, a number <?f highiy respectable citizens, and among them a majority of the editors of Philadelphia, assembled at ihothvclling of the physician above nqUccd, on Tuesday evening last, for tjic'purpose of being af. lorded ocuirtr proof, There were probably thirty gentlemen in aitenonnce beat des the phvsician who operated, and the individual, a friend of ours, of unblemished intpgritv, superior intelligence and iinvil liieil character, who consented to b.r the subject for the evening, and wliu hud familiarized himself with Ilio whole scene by. former experiment. It is nol necessary for us in this article, to express an opinio^ as to tlie truth or falsity ntIter of Mesmerism or Phrenology. W e merely state facts as they passed under our own observation, and as they u d t?e corrrohroa'ed by sinidar accounts from ether gentlemen u o .vere present. The company being seated, the opera, tor and his subject also took scats iinitio, dlately opposite, wiicn the history of the matter' was given in a re.v words hy the physician, and in suhstaricc as we have recorded it above, lie then placed his right hand on the forehead, a..d with his left grasped the hand cfthe patient, in towards some fancied object, and whispered what seemed to he the outpourings ofa prayerful heart, The < rgan of mirth was then touched in conjunction with the organ of veneration, when the subject went through a Mawwonn part, in which wit was singularly blended with religions advice. Some local allusions were made, which in their association and the grave manner in which they were uttered, were not a little ludicrous. The organs of com C* bativfenyss and distructivenos produced terrific effects, and one organ caused so fearful a paroxysm of despair that the subject drew a knife from his pocket and would have used-it, had it not been taken instantly from hnn. Acquisitiveness and the love of children produced droll effects?in the former, the subject evidently taking and concealing imaginary objects?and in the latter, nursing and carcassing imaginary children, dandling them on his knee, and hushing them to deep in ihu real nursery rnni 1 style. Those distinct effects continued about three or four minutes nftei the finger ol the .operator was removed from the organ, and then subsided gradually, as if them flpenee of some vision were heco:nin<j fainter until it passed away ami left the subject in a slate of magnetic sleep. Tin first effects of the several influences, wort preceded by slight convulsive twitching: of the muscles, and by occasional clap pin? of the hands*. 1 lie subject was kept in this condition o.ml passing through the effects ??f th< v'a-yow* prions ami emotions of tin mil."} rof a?j<?ut ai; Lour > o ! tKr* c c >r.r the course of about (wo min3tcs? (he I;?(ter fell into a Mesmeric sleep, when the physician so pronounced hiin, converse:) freely in explanation of the various points ol (he cnac, and proceeded to apply the phreno-magnetic tests. He then exhibited a cast with a craninin marked out Hccoiding to the doctrines of phrenology, and applied his (ingcr 4o the various developeirients on the cranium of his patient. Tlie effect astonished every one present. All knew the char e'er o'tha huhjoct, and therefore knew there could he no collusion, no trh k, no deception whatever. Bit just as the physician touched with his finger the several specific indications on the head of the subject, did that subject dcvelope in the .strongest and most unequivocal manner, the various feelings, tastes and emotions which penologists contend, are indicated by pro iu he ranees. Thus,'music, language, mirth, ideality, number, veneration, ahmrnfiveness, firmness, time, space, desfructiveness, envy, self-esteem, hatred and despair?wore successively made manifest, as well by the countenance and the features, as by movements of the limbs and hv oral expression. The fidelity of the various delineations was wonderful. We never saw them surpas mm! on the stage and are satisfied that the subject could not give theni with such accuracy, in his usual condition of mind. When under the influence of envy, for example, the subject alluded to some ideal ckaractcr pointed to a scene that was tnnr iilnacrinl to hp pvp. thai nresented a J c*?* ~J ~1 green ami tempting aspect, but q?ii*.*ti\ marked, and in a covet sprit of exult.ition, that there was a ditch in the distance, into winch the object referred to would sooner or latter plunge or he enrapped. Again he observed that 44 going lip was very pleasant?all very tire-?hut that tqe higher his antagonist ascended, the further he would have to fall." The expression and the manner. howev? r, were still more striking than the language. When ideali'y wns developed, he first described a vast plain, upon w hich a large laxly of inihtary were moving, and then, the operator having moved his finger, threw his head haA and saw seraphs and airy figures floating above him; and again, the finger of the operator once more re moved be stepped forward and leant over the yawning abyss. On being questioned, he said it was very deep, that he was afraid to approach any closer, and that his eye could not penetrate into its shades. The organ of veneration was touched, and his aspect of adoration became at once solemn, and beautiful. With up miu/>d b?nds. he turned his closed eves AV, 4 . JC.U,1 JW.IJL'M* I* ' ** " * J tors. The last operation was produced j by the physician, touching with his finger | l the hack of the neck near the spinal hone | and narrow. The subject then became j rigid and stilT, stretched himself hack in I his chair, and rose from his seat with upj lifted hands, while his appearance gener1 ally Jieaily resomhled that <?f death. The ' operator, then, with a few pusses of his ' hand over the right side of his face, disJ polled the Mesme-ic influence?the pa! tient gradually unclosed his eyes, and i? ?? i*#,iF,In11 !,/?r fiiitjire. lie I ItCUMfll dl 'Hive ..... , | remembered irjcJ?sfin?:ily, much that had j transpired, hut said that lie did not at the ! time, possess tlu; will to prevent it. W lien magnetized originnllv, about a year a^o, the physician was engaged for three hours. He expori need no hodiiy pain whatever : throughout his various extraordinary pby- j sical and mental demonstrations, and was j i not at all fatigued at the close. He had watched the various experiments of which he ha.i been the subject for the last year, I and arrived at the conclusion that they were henoticial to his general health, inasmuch as they afforded hiin the kind of > I exercise that lie needed. His opinion is, that about one person in every nine, is I pecu'iarly susceptible to the magnetic ini fiuence, and that in some cas<*s, persons of weak physical frame, can influence in j j tlie manner described, those of inuch more | bodily ileal:h and strength. But enough j of tins subject for the present, The | i story is indeed a marv-lloua one, and nnny will pronounce it exagg rated. We can only j repeat, that the p.irties are of the highest resi p ctahilify. and that but one sentiment of , wonder wis expressed by th" intelligent cuni pany in attendance, in>>st of whom had until ( 'I that night regarded ail stories not only ol : .Mesmerisiii but of i'lireuology, with uticr in. credulity. Phil. Inquirer. rcuvERor run voice over children {r. UciU<*t t?> the management of children tfj'hcr by corporeal punishment, or ' bv rewards addressed to the senses, or by , words alone. There J* otie other moans o! i government, the pownr and importance of j j w inch are seldom regarded. refer to the; ' human voice. .4 biow may be jufljcted on [ ! a child accompanied by words so u!tb.*ed I i to counteract entirely i's m end d effect. I ' Or, the parent may use language in the correction of the chil l, not n'.jec i ?na ? o in if.-elf. yet spoken on a tone which more than defeats , its influence. We .*re hv no m^ans aware of the p >wcr I of voice in p-waying the feelings of the soul. The anecdote of a good lady in regard to ner i minister's sermons, is io the point. She j ' heard a disconrae front him which pleased her j exceedingly. She expressed to a friend he ( hop" that he would preach it again, j ' Perhaps.' said her friend in reply, 'he! may jir.nt it.' ' An,' said sh", he cetlid not i i print it in that holy tone." There is a tone j | in the pul;.?i\ which. Wis* as is the taste from 1 ! which it proceeds, does indeed work wonders. ! j ?S<> is there a tone in our interc-mrse with ; cliili.'rrn which maybe among the most effi- ! j ciont aids in their right education. I Let anv one endeavor to recall the imag-* of a fond mother long since at rest in heaven. ( H?r sweet smile and ever ciear countenance j | are brought vi> idly to recollection. So also' is her voice; and blessed is that parent who is j endowed with a pleasing utterance. What is I it which lulls the infant to repose? It is no I arrav ofinero words. There is no charm to the un'aught one n letters, syllables, and seti- | I tenets; It is the sound which strikes its j little ear, that Foo'hes ami 'composes it to i ! sleep. A few notes, however unskiliful'y ar- i ranged it uttered in a soft tonp, are found to ; | possess a magic influence is confined to rho j cr idl J No, it is difl'us- d over every age, | | and ceases not wh.lethe child remains under ] ! the parental roof. Is the boy growing rude 1 ! in inaurn r auci boisterous in speech } i know i ! of no instrum nt so sure to co itro! these ten- I i dencies as the gentie tones of a mother. She . j wh ? --peaks to fier son harshly. does but give i to his conduct the sanction of her own ricam! pic.?She pours oil on the already raging j fl une. i In the pressure ofdufv, we are-liable to ut- j j tor ourselves hastily to our children. Per haps a throat is expressed in t loud and irri. ; rating ton'-. 1 ns ead of ail <ying the passions 1 of the etiild, it serves direcfty to increase j them. Every fretful express oil awakens in him tlie same spirit which produced it. So j ! does a pleas int voice call up agreeable feel- 1 ' ings. Whatever disposition, therefore, we i would encourage in a clnid, the same we ! i should manifest in the tone with which we j addrcrs him. j There is nothing mom desirable in a dangh- i 1 fer, than intelligence joined to a gentle spirit, t The mind is fashioned and furnished, in the i main, at school. But'.he character of the' j alF etions is derived ch'eflv from home. How . i incs:unable is ttie confidence of that mother in producing kind feelings in the bosoms of j i her children, who m v. r permits lierself to . ? 1 : I L I speak to iticni Willi a louu voice, ana in nursu, ui.ki d tones. ! 1 have heard of a father, who when hi?s clii!? i dren became engaged in a dispute, would at i j once require tliein lo unite in a song. Toe j blending oflhei voices in harmony was soon1 1 found to subdue tiie;r angry and contentious j I feelings. There ;s a native, spontaneous, i I un-onghi cnuaic. It consists in the tones which issue from !?"r who is overfi ?wmg with Christian love.? While, then, I would advise j tho mother to the culture of a pleasant voce, j , and warn her of the evils of addressing her children harshly, / would still more ea rues' ly counsel her to discipline her liearl. Out of a l kind tones. She who would train up her family in tho sweet spirit of Chris*, can succeed bes and most enduring of all, bv cherishing o ' W O i such sentiments as shall seek their own un brdden expre.-sion in gentle, yet a||. powerful tones. 1 Judicial Ankcd^tk.?Previous to the' ! I ist war, when Judge Chase, a IT. S. Senator j from Vermont, was on his way to Congress, , I he passed the first night of his journey ai j j Windsor, Yt. where a imn stoie his boots. J I The thief was apprehended, and tried, and' Judge E -proceeded to deliver the sentence I , of the court to the following cfti-c'; Ton Eiaina?gn, ?you ar" found guilty of , , stealing a pair of boots. You stole liu.in ,in i ' . the JaiJ of tie? year, which aggravates the off- I ' I ? ! ??.? ??? tl.*- IlOl f f\i i cutr, mi ij.au vim ?k'ii uk hi hi vl | ; | ihu summer, the sufferer could have walked I '! abroad barefooted, without S'-rious inconveni- j s \ ei:ce. But the case is worse than this, you ' . stole t!ie boot* from a great man?from Ju.ljre Cliase?and not only from Judge Cna*e, but' ; from a Senator in tin* Ani<-rina<v Congress, and that, too; |?revini*(? ilie commencement j | of an important session -a momentous jutri* '* 1 ?d, when it was ?;:.pec t? d on every side tint v,:." -v-'a-n?' C ?j : *.y ;."f i * 1 f : . . "-*1" See, and stand against the rosu'ts which m'jriit havi ensued from your nefarious art The Judge might have been i lis posed to cast his vote a^amst the war; his v ?fe might have been the turning point of the matter, liy tim loss ol his boots he might have been delayed i several days in obtaining others, and in the mean tune, the awful question of war might have been brought up. In consequence of 1 his absence, the decision might have been in i favor of war; and thus upon you sir, would ; have resulted the whole responsibility of that : horrid event. i Vmh and vnu onlv. would have been ac i countable for the immense expense of treasure ! J resulting from the conflict?for the blood wf | thousands spilled on the field of battle?for ' | plmid ?rings and burning?for massacres and I carnage?f.?r our wives and daughters hutch| ered or violated?for the tears and agony of w dowsand ?rpnans! Yes, sir, ai] this would have rested upon j*ou, and in consequence of j tlio heinousness of your offence, in view of ; those dreadful consequences which might | have resulted from your act, the court seni tences you to six months imprisonment in the common jail." Judge E delivered this without a smile, and the man seeing whom he had to deal wrh answered him in turn : " May it plaseyour honor, it's an aisy sintence to ho shur, for such a dadc as yet honor says, but I'd be after putin* it to yer honor* I conscience, if six months bent a vry unfortun- i j ate.period to sit me downfor. I'll be comin' , out o'jail jist as winter is comin,' an may ?be I won't be able tobegittin work and then I* I I ! be deprived <?f boots to my fate and vittles to j my mouth. Ifyer honcr noo. would behind' aud gerpale enough to sit me down three or nine months, it would he more considerate in i ?. ;_?i? >? yuui iiwijwi, emuo ijr. I "Very good, Air. Prisoner," replied the Judge s il. perfectly composed in countenance; "the court in validity oi your plea, reduces the term to three months. "Take iiiin away.' fF.N THOUSAND LIVKS LOST Tit KM ENDOC 3 IART2IQU AKK IN THE ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO. r>y the Prig William Nelson, arrived it New York from Port nti Prince, has , >een received " Le Patriot" of .May 11th, j published at that place, which gives an 1 account of a shocking earthquake that ! occured in that island on the 7th of May, J at live o'clock in the evening, the follow- i ing particulars of which we copy from the Now York Express of Saturday j morning: The principal destruction of life of; which we have an account, was at Capo i [laytien, which town was entirely do- ? stroved. It contained about 15,009 in- J habitants, two-thirds of whotn are thought , to he dead. i The approach of the earthquake was' indicated in Port an Prince hy great heat, and heavy clouds that covered the J i neighboring hills, and followed the direc- i tion of the southwest to the northeast. The vessels at anchor, some of the sail* ors report*. OYpe.rj?.no?.<l olt?n:k hrrftmr f-j the houses agitated, which seemed to in- J dicate that the shock cainc from the J' west. ik There were two shocks at Tort au J j Prince very distinctly felt, the first not 30 I I long as the second, which last endured about three minutes. Every person strove to get out of the houses, and the streets were filled with affrighted population. A little longer, says the Patriot, j and Port au Prince would have been the theatre of a disaster similar to that cf 1770, of which disastrous year the re- , % i membranco was rus' ing info all minus. ; The Patriot also says that there is i hardly a house or a wall that has not suf- I fored a little. Some have become almost ' uninhabitable. The front of the Senate ' house, where the arms of the Republic 3 arc sculptured, is detached and broken. , ' The interior was uninjured. On the Saturday night succeeding and ' on Sunday there were other shocks.? Mass was interrupted, and the persons ( present ran hither tind thither, while ( 1 many women fainted. On Monday morning at 1*2 o'clock there ' was another shock. Tue weather all the ! while was changeable?now extreme lie.it, j now rain, now fair, and now signs as if of a 1 storm. On Tuesday again there was another shock; I and since then, says the Patriot, " it s ems to j . us that we walk upon a quaking earth." I , Saint Marc.-?A letter from this town I ( says that the earthquake was felt there with j ^ vio'enc-'. Many houses were seri?us!y dam- | aged, aiid some destroyed, but no loss of life . ; is mentioned. 3 At Gonaives the shocks were vet more serious. The greater part of the houses were | i overthrown. A fire broke out at the same j j time, and there was not a drop of water in'i i town. All the hour s that weie not burnt j suffered from the earthquake. It was in the streets that the writer of the letter giving this ; ' account was inditing it. The church, the j I prison, the palace national, the treasury, and , < the arsenal w<re all des'myi d. ! , This letter concludes at S A. M. by say. 1 , ing: 'It is on'y ha'f an hour since that we felt a i very great commotion. At present we are i ignorant of the number of persons killed or j wounded. All the pri.-oners who are not ; buried in the ruin* h ive escaped. God grant i that Port au Prince may not have experienced such a disister." Capk Haytie.x.?The town of Cape Ilav" rien lias entirely disappeared, ami with ?t two. j thirds of the population. The families that I could escape have fled to Fossetfe, where they 1 were without an asylum, clothing, or provisions. The President of Hayti has given orders to (he physicians nnri officer* or in*; noppitais io ' leave the city i muedia:ely in order to give iiiccor 1?? lite distressed. Other aid of aii kinds was about to be despatched by water to the distressed. Lvrta ?In addition to tlie ahovc disastrous intelligence fr?un the Cape, a courier arrived troni iije c tv a lew n >urs previous in | the tlepar u*e or' Cant. Morr s, wlio stated! that a tire broke out after tlie cart!.quake, i W'incli, on .l/ouday the dtii. destroyed the j powder in ig.uine, and with it the miserable remnant o: t ie inhabitants who h ?<i escaped the fcaitlopiake. The towns of St. Nicholas ahd I'ort l'auaro also said to be destroyed. CUther parts of the island had not been hoard from when ('apt. Morris led; but it is conjectured that all ;hu tu.vjtis of.the north are a i. i.: i.. The Earthquake in IIayti.-?On com I paring the accounts recently received trhin ! IIayti, of the shock* of an earthquake feit there, with the accounts of one in Louisiana, we find many marks characteristic of a connexion betwen the two. Both occured on j the same (lav, (the 7 I) ills*.) The latter took ! place at three o'clock and lasted two or three j seconds, giving cause during th sshort period, to that com notion which caused the waters of the lake at Catahoula to rise, during the : space of two minutes, to more than six feet I Accounts of the former state that, although 1 shocks were experienced at intervals during the whole day, (even as eariv as 5 o'clock in the morning.) yet the principal one occur d at half-past 5 o'clock I\ M. (two hours and a half later lh?n the one in Louisiana,) and' lasted at least two or three minutes, during which time its effects were awful. Though ; thc difference of two hours and a half in time ought perhaps to prevent our inferring that these shocks were identical, yet there is rea. ! son enough to infer a connexion between the 1 two. Meanwhile, we shall await the nov\s o( similar phenomena as having occured at some of the other West India Islands, or in South ! America, at thc same date. Journal of Commerce. A Texian Volunteer. We copy the following affecting account from the Mew York Aurora: "An Incident in Georgia.?Some two or three years ago the writer of this article j stopped at a town in Georgia. Strolling j about, lie en ered the graveyard. From a small but chaste marble obelisk he read this inscription: A j Mother's Memento to the memory of an only son, who fell at the massacre of Fannin's regiment in Mexico. He felt an interest to learn the history of] its erection. The story was briefly this: A I youth of nineteen, the only son of a widowed *' W.??. irlinni wlia l.n-rwl ll'llh :l!l llio HI** lltTI? <\ M??JT tliiwui av.wu fondness of maternal afFvfion?was returning' to his home from the University of Virginia, at the tune Fannin .vas raising his regiment of Georgians for the Tex tan service. With | southern ardor, ami with all tne chivalrous j recklessness of youth, he volunteered for the ! campaign. II briefly addressed a letter to his mother the dav fie embarked, mforr?iin? her . " . of his destination, and his hope of being in- i sfrumeutal in aiding the independence ofj Texas. Judge of the mother's feelings when she received the letter. Without an instant's j hesitation she d 'parted for Charles on, and sailed 'rom thence to Gi.veston, in hop"8 to : overtake her truant b >y. Unf>ntu lately, the schooner lost her foremast; and when the j mother reached Texas she found the rrgi- j ;n?ut had marched a week before for the scene of conflict. News finally came of *ho capture ' of Fanntii and his forces by the .l/oxman ar- i my. Then came the intelligence of their: massacre, hv order of the tyrant Santa Anna. I Her bey was in "the front rank, and was among I the first that fell! For a time she was de- j prived of her sense?, and when she finally re- j covered, with a brofcen heart she returno I to her home home in Georgia. JShe erected thi? obelisk to the memory of her son; and one J alternoon, a sho-t time after returning from Lhe church yard, she was found dead, silting : in her arm chair, holding the nvniature of her ? boy. Tiie mother's troubles were over. to the editors of the nat. intelliq exceh. Washington, Mm* 30, 1342. Gcnllemen: You will no douru era this inve been apprized of all the particular :?f tho attempt yesternight to assassinate | \!r. Petlrich, the amiable and blameless I tnd gifted sculptor. Surely so starting in enormity under the very shadow of ; the Picsidens's mansion, and enrlv in lhe evening, as a murderer's blow, ' mosi j tsse as in the host it is. hut this mist { )ase. foul and unnatural," ought to arouse j ill who value not only the security, hut lia MiiirnMi.r of tho Hi strict, to discover I ?nd punish tlx; perpetrators, and to :hcck a recurrence of offences which are ncreasing among us to a pitch of unprecedented impudence and allrocitv. The >htieks of the victim were heard in the l White House, and one of the ladies there . exclaimed,'* "some one must be drown-j . I Poor Pet I rich." who has hern sad'v" I . ' - I ) filiated of late by circumstance which 1 . will mention presently, had j?i-t returned j to the shed which he makes at once his ! studio and his dwelling. Ho had left his ? . I door ajar, while he drew light 1mm a match. IIis taper had scarcely begun lo burn, uhon a tall and a short figure sprang in and tripled him, overthrowing ?t the same time his marble bust of Mr. i Poinsett. He leaped from the ground, j collared one of the ruffiins, and, in the reading, discovered that the miscreant's bosom was not black, though his face j was. A stock was also close at hand, : with blood stains, probably dragged oli'j by him in the scuffle. Pettrich received j r>no stab in the abdomen, another in the j side?the last a very dangerous one. lie screamed for a friend and countryman, j w ho is one of his assistants, and for a-j nother person, whom he had just left in j the neighborhood; mingling w ith the cry i shrieks of 44 murder !'' and shouts for 44 help!" These were the soun Is which obscurely reached the President's. The ! monsters were heard by Pettrich mutter- j ing outside of the door. 44 Let's go back : and finish our work," said one. 4*lle! 11 Ir U flio i! Iijif u'Ki I I ' L*n ITIl'f'fl ...wwy..., .. .... a ... | him will do the job," replied the otlior. ; They continued, but Pettricb cou'd make j out on more. They did not return, i Their victim sank to the ground, lie i* not aware how long he laid there, but re- j viving. lie staggered to the place w here he had lef; Mr. Smith, his assistant, and Mr. Smith, with the gentleman that he ! was sitting, and some others, conducted him hack, and brought surgeons and help. I alluded 10 circumstances whereby Pettrieh has been recently afflicted, and which were pressing heavily on him when I this sad event occurred.' I understand ! them to he these: The Secretary of the Navy, some time ago, received authority in nn act of Con- J gross to contract for the erection of a j>e. ( Jcstn'tc the T.V' i eh:*? ''an ?h;!ufe in th | 1 ... r Capitol rnfundo. Pettrieh was summoned , from Philadelphia upon the subject. The Mtim of money placed at the Serrr tary's ! disposal for tho purpose was very limited, barelv sufficient to pav for the naked panels, while it was the opinion, not of tlie | sculpt* p only, hut others, that the pedestal required illustrative ?r,)1,ps. As it did i not appear to he doubted that Congress ! would cheerfully appropriate a sufficient sum to cover the cost of such illustration, if its design were approved, Mr. ' Petrich stated tnat he would execute it for ten thousand dollars, and it was form j a 11 v* agreed that h? should prouuce niu ue- i sign iti plaster, 4> to be submitted to and approved l>v I lie Seretnry of l lie N ivy," I With all the ardor and generosity and in- | " i cautiousness of genius, the sculptor so ; shaped his arrangements as to leave liirn j self no profit whatever in trie charge for j payment of the naked pint-is, trusting for his recompense, hoth in fame and money, , to the prospective contract for tilling those panels up with appropriate illustrations. So confident did he feel tint he would merit the sanction of the functionary upon whom the result apparently must depend, and so thoroughly did he confide iii the jus,ice and liberality of Congress, that he did not dream of any; possible use in stipulating for indemnity for his time and labor on the plaster mod- I cl, should his services bo prematu ely and j capriciously discontinued, but trustingly , proceeded witii the first advance towards | j the model in plaster?the creation of the | groups in clay. Every step he took was ; admired. The sculptor found that the figure of Washington in the statute had something in it of the mythological, or in other ; words, of the religious allegory of classic times; and he moulded hi* own imagina. tions for the pedestal, to harmonize with ! those of (ireonough for (ho statute. For the front panel, he fashioned a female; figure, emblematic of our republic ; her head surmounted by (he moral crown, symbolical of power ; in one hand the pniui ?/i 11 imiij/n, nun mi: mnji ii.i/ii-iu- | on our national nrms, which arc sustained j by a black ol marble. The I wo remaining panels?those for (be s'des?contain, one, Hisfoiy. with a tablet in the on* j hand, and. in the other, a stylus wherewith she has inscribed the name of Wasltigton. towards wliien JJiory, with her ri^bi h ind, extends the laurel. in tins other pan I ' appears Peace, up.-enring with her rigal arm the o!ivc branch; and Freedom, lean- ; ing upon fasces, surmounted by the cap of liberty, and on the clasp of her girdle | the Fugle of America an I Thirteen ."Stars. The connoirssoures applaud those con i ccpttons*, and pronounce their executions in the clay tnodals admirable. That j greatest of difficulties, the management j of the draperies, is overcome witn a *ki!i t which none but a master-band could J reach. In selecting faces and forms, i the sculptor has followed the example of the greatest of Iiis predecessors, He has borrowed hints from such portions of each in nature as he has considered most stis. ceptible of efFecl in art. all having first been seen ;ind chosen nccidontallv. Pur example: he hchidd a luJy of New-York in a party, and look no test til! discovered j her name, and obtained her consent to bece.^h r>ne of his models. Another was simiLr'v supplied by a lady from 1 Philadelphia; a lliifd, by a lady from Vir- j ; ginia; a fourth, by a IhoV from our own ; /district; a fifth?(and as it U "uprehrnded J < if ni nj prove, though I cannot imagine < such an absurdity poss hie, even i:i these absurd times, unfortunately for the artist's present position)?by a daughter of our 1\ esident. i j It bad never occurred to Mr. P dtrich. ! is maliiu" his sirrang"ments that though; CT n 1 . I the approval of 'he Secretary ofllie Navv I ^ was required before an order to perpetuate ; the above described dotgn tn marble I \ could be obtained, even the Suerutary's 1 sanction must undergo ilio ordeal of those 1 among whose arts the fine ar.s seldom | ' j'.vav. ;But Mr. Pctt.ich had liccn express j ' !v scut for from Philadelphia to execute j < this pedestal: he had left a wife and i cigiit children there; he must feed, not only himself, Imt this large family; and, I at length, lie began to discover, that this | working for nothing and finding one s j self, sooner, or latter, forces even thej( most imaginative to wake fr?un tri"ir day dreams to realities, however dtstas'eju!. : TV? If ulairdv. Pet trieli and his family I r j , * I were,'and are, starving; ari l ho a id his ' friends have recently been pressing for' soive movement in the joint commi t te j of Congress to whom his case is entrusted for his succor. S > long had the heati p tiful clav models awaited a decision, that it became extremely d fticult to ke? |> ; them from day to day from dropping >?? pieces; and all the artist's means being.i gone, lie could no longer even command funds to execute models for the tran>fcr of the clay models to plaster, unit ss aided. In this exigency he is told that there re- ; mains noprohality of any grant to em-I plov him mi illustrating the pedestal. He ! then despairingly asks. Can I not ho paid for the time 1 have been employed, and fheexnense to which I have been lured. I under u reasonable expectation of the I ordor? lie is again repelled by the ipies. \ tmn, *' Is it so nominated in the bond?" j ?though with every expression of regret and sympathy. On Sato-May evening, after this state of iiis business h id be en discovered by [ Mr. IVlrich, a f iend of his, touchi d at i bis heart broken look, exclaimed, ? Come j home and stay with m<\ ami lot me Irv f to keep up your spirits." * I cannot stav ' anywhere," replied the artist; 'Mhat poor, ! dear little wife of mine, why did she mir. | rv me? A wife and eight children, and : . . ... n..? .?..M i only iwrm v *11 ? r tiwiinic ill uui;u ( |fl could go u hero i should like to go, it would be yonder," pointing to the iYdo. mac, "beneath the waters over whose surface (lie bright sun is glancing." 'ill': f. I in e i'.;iiou ?u?* i:rc..' v.bler day at the President's, with a view of as* certaining whether something might not be done f?/r the sufferer. It wan enough to make any American oroud of his Chief Magistrate to witness tho interest with which the story wits listened to. The writer of the present communication was that friend. He was desired at the Preai. dent's to contrive some mode of persuad* ing the artist to accept present relief in a check, by way of return for some speci. mens of his work which he had presented at the White House, and at the same time to inform him of a hope of profitable occupation in a distant quarter, which exertions should he made to secure for Iiiiii. Mr. Pottrich was sought for by the writer tl.riee with this favorable news. but ho was nowhere to be found. It wna not long afterward that the sculptor'* shrieks were heard at the White House. About an hour .subsequently, the writer again went to the studio to convey his comfort, an I .seeing a light, knocked, lie In ind a group of surgeons and friends there, a pool of l?|ood at the door, and Pettrich on his wretched cot,surroun. ded by the monuments of his genius, and near him a row of busts of all his family, the monuments of affection as well aa as genius, while the artist himself was writhing and g ispi ig from the recent stab of the assassin's knife ! Gentlemen, 1 make no comment. I trust none is neces-arv. [ was happy to learn this morning that the President and his family had called at an early hour at the shod of poor Pet trie h, and had urged his icmoval thence to the While House, which the surgeons thought unsafe, as at present lie should remain entirely still, I learn that calls have since been nuinor. oiis, and that sympathy is warm and uni. ~ versa I. Put though I make no comment, w I will venture to ask, cannot Congress act upon the sculptor's claim/ The committee entrusted with its considers, tion are all gentlemen of high anl honor, able spirits and of feeling hearts, and [ :mi nor?ii:td?><i uonld not hesitate to moVfl unci to move favorably, could tl?c?y move with any hope of success. May not they now indulge that hope ? Cannot Congress ''minister to the mind diseased," and thus at any rate, contribute to tiin restoration of tlicr body's health ? Our oun artists swarm abroad, ami may be immeasurably either inconvenienced or or promoted by the d?s. o irag^ments or the kindness of the very u gion where poor Pettricli's fame st.-n Is highest. Let our countrymen who are away from us lie relieved from the d sulvantage in the Strang ts land of having the fortunes of a genius of tl e;r own beneath our skies and our hospitality coupled with a story of talent unsiislained, ?if wretchedness -inrcleived, and of cruelly and bloodshed una toned for. ^ DISCO YKKY OK TIIB NVitKCK OF TUB STEAX SHIP PKBSIDK?#'. From the following letter to the TViston Daily Advertiser, there is every reason to conclude that the remains of toe ill fated President have at last been discovered.? Piie wre? k vvasfalhm in with by ? Span, isli vessel from the Havnnnn, bound to Spain, and from the indications, her fate was caused by being burnt, instead of collision with ic *| as bus been generally supposed. Extract of a letter dated ^ Ilavanna, May 18, 1812. * Conversing last evening with Captiart RiiMo<. of the Soanish oolacca Roridrt, he " W 4 I iol(i ine I ha', in the latter part of July last* >eing in the ln<ittir!*- of the Grand Hank# lo descried what he thought l? he a vessel ind called to his mate, who also thought t was a small vessel. A little while after* wards concluded it might ba a fishing boat, and kept the vessel aivay for it, the Captain, fearing it might he a rock, examined his charts, hut finding no reef la (I down any whore in that vicinity, and conjecturing it might he a wreck, !>ore down f??r it, and as they nenred, found it was the wreck of a large vessel, burnt to the hhtor*edge. When within a hall a cable's length of it, they hovo the vessel to, lowered the. boat, and Captain lloldos went to reconnoitre the wreck. He says it must have been a very large vessel; and the thing which first attracted his attention, were twolarge columns of wood, (so he called tliom) not very far apart, painted black about nine feet Iroin tho bottom, and then white about three feet to where they wore burnt o.T, and that there were ni irks of firu also on tlio part left standing. These "columns" projecting above the rest of the wreck, had the appearance, at a distance, of two small sails. He also saw, on the bottom of the vessel, just under water, several very - I - - - A I large timbers, secured sirongiv logcmer bv iron clamps and braces of very extraordinary size, and from these, concluded llial it was the wreck of a large steamer and that this hed was made to support the boiler. lie also says, that the floor timbers of the vessel were very heavy, some two feet square, as near ns he can * recollect, and very near together, not more than four or five inches apart ; the ends of these, as well as the flooring, or ceiling in most places, were very much charred. The head and stern were gone at lc?i?t the extreme parts, and he could not tell how long she was originally, hut he paced the part remaining, by stepping from one timber to another, and thinks to the best of his recollection it was about UO fc?t Ion". He examined the wreck carefully <-*?! 111i find anv naner or article (II JM.t; I | |>v which to identify licr, but could find notruri^; u.iJ !;C trie : lopry off it part of